Sudan's Justice Minister says US officials are responsible for the health of an Al Jazeera news network cameraman held captive in Guantanamo prison.
Mohammad Ali Al-Marazi's warning follows a 100-day hunger strike by the Sudanese-born cameraman, Sami Al Hajj, who was protesting his unlawful detention.
Al-Marazi condemned the cameraman's detention and called it an illegal act which runs counter to human rights.
He added that American claims of supporting human rights were "false" and that the US government has imprisoned scores of detainees without trial in the now notorious Guantanamo prison.
Sami Al Hajj was captured while in transit to Afghanistan in December 2001. Since 2007, he has been held without charge as an "enemy combatant" in Guantanamo's Camp Delta.
Calls for his release have come from around the world. Reporters Sans Frontiers has repeatedly condemned his detention and expressed concern over his imprisonment by launching an online petition calling for his release.
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